Letters

Intellectual Property: Industry and Academic Relations

To the Editor:

I am writing with regard to comments made by Stan Williams and Mark Modezelweski in the article "Congressional Initiatives Support Nanotechnology" (CEP, May 2003, p. 25). In the article, they state that "current government policy encourages universities to favor small, faculty-started companies over larger corporations when granting IP licenses." They further state that "This has proven to be problematic for some large companies, as they have often supported much of the initial research." They go one step further to say that it is easier to collaborate with universities overseas than with one "a few miles …